Tūāpapa

Class Overview

Tūāpapa

Whaea Donna and Whaea Tracy plan and teach together supported by Whaea Samantha and Hemi.

We are a team who are dedicated to building the social, physical and academic foundations of learning for each child.

Everyday the whole school joins for karakia, celebrations and daily news in the hall. We then do some exercise. Then we start our learning programe up till play time at 11.00-11.25am. After this much needed break we get into a literacy programme until lunch at 12:45pm. The afternoon starts at 1:30pm when, during the warm weather, the pool is used to teach swimming and cool the children down after running about with friends. During cooler weather we do alphabet clay work, ‘Perceptual Motor Programme’ exercises, waiata and te reo Māori on different days. We finish the day with Mathematics and a karakia before we go home at 2:45 p.m.